today, nbc news took "education nation" on the road to detroit. the event is designed to spark discussions about new efforts to improve student outcomes. this important conversation comes as the city's emergency financial manager starts work monday in detroit. correspondent rehema ellis is on duty on this saturday afternoon. good to see you. how will the city's new financial management affect detroit's children, affect detroit's schools? >> reporter: that remains to be seen, craig. if the financial manager is able to brink the city -- bring the city back of the cusp of financial ruin. that work is just going to begin on monday. but what people don't know about detroit or many don't know, is this city has had an emergency financial manager for its schools for sometime now. they've been making a lot of changes and because they have been closing schools, consolidating schools and building schools in some other places for children, they're starting to see some improvements. are they big? no, they're small. but people are feeling encouraged because the